Golf R Observations and Questions

[Ryan_R]

Safety feature - think along the lines of that Ford that was stuck on cruise control on the freeway a few years back, and another similar incident in the USA.

Plus that means old people can't drive around with their brakelights on constantly

[Lucas_R]

^ no left foot braking baby. So annoying......and dangerous. Apparently it can be removed via tuning.

[tonymy01]

Made an observation today, that may be a known to others (esp DSG drivers) but not to me (manual Golf R). When you are driving down the F3(now M1) and some moron decides to sit inches from your rear bumper despite being in a 3 car queue cruising over the limit slowly trying to overtake, don't brake while you still have your foot on the throttle, the car shuts down the engine power and (I didn't wait long enough to test further) the only way to get power back again is to take your foot off the throttle and put it back on...
The inches turned into cms when all I was trying to do was give the moron a brake light warning.
I did briefly test again in a clear section just to see if I wasn't going silly, and definitely despite taking your foot back off the brake pedal, the engine RPM keeps dropping until you take your foot off the throttle and put it back on...very strange!

[AdamD]

These were only available on the R36 and US R32 from memory as ours came with the Zolder wheel.

The R36 size is 18x8; the R32 size is 18x7.5. In Australia, MY06-07 R32s had the Zolder, and MY08-09 got the Omanyt.

Have you tried the centre cap delete

Hmm, I should give that a go. I'd need to find a decent centre cap though, and I don't have an R (and don't believe in "badge engineering").

[jamesatfish]

Funnily enough I think the exact opposite - on the lowest setting the AC blows way too hard and I have to turn the vents away to keep comfortable once the temperature reaches the desired level.

To reply to my own post - I've found that after fitting the Mk7 Climatronic unit the lowest AC setting is now much more to my liking. It's actually a gentle breeze rather than just a downrated hurricane blast as it was with the original unit - much better.

[zoomda]

+1 for the on/off OCD, my wife even makes sure she leaves it bolt upright so I don't complain.

I have mine trained on this important requirement too.

[Frazza]

I run Omanyts (from a Mk5 R32) on my Mk6 GTI. Have been thinking of getting them painted gunmetal for some time, because in plain jane silver they're a bit boring. Still a nice rim though.

Have you tried the centre cap delete

[Frazza]

I thought I was the only guy that found this annoying.

I often straighten the knob and use the steering controls to adjust the volume.

I'm not OCD I promise!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm not insane, thank you guys, i use the wheel controls so i can keep the button straight

[amberzombie]

I run Omanyts (from a Mk5 R32) on my Mk6 GTI. Have been thinking of getting them painted gunmetal for some time, because in plain jane silver they're a bit boring. Still a nice rim though.

Actually I was referring to the Zolder rims, but you are right - the Omanyts does look a bit plain jane in silver. needs a paint job to bling it up

[team_v]

I run Omanyts (from a Mk5 R32) on my Mk6 GTI. Have been thinking of getting them painted gunmetal for some time, because in plain jane silver they're a bit boring. Still a nice rim though.

I ran them on the Tiguan, good wheel that looks classy.
I hade mine in gunmetal and it looked ace.

These were only available on the R36 and US R32 from memory as ours came with the Zolder wheel.

[AdamD]

Although the thought of the MKV R32 rims spray painted in gunmetal grey on a MKVI R does appeal to me

I run Omanyts (from a Mk5 R32) on my Mk6 GTI. Have been thinking of getting them painted gunmetal for some time, because in plain jane silver they're a bit boring. Still a nice rim though.

[Ryan_R]

In more ways than one

[SilvrFoxX]

Golf R Observations and Questions

Until the tyre bursts!

If they do you WILL be pushing it

[SilvrFoxX]

Golf R Observations and Questions

If you get Stage 1 that plan will go out the window

QFT......

[amberzombie]

If you get Stage 1 that plan will go out the window

Until the tyre bursts!